Automobile curtain-window



H. WILLIAMS.

AUTOMOBILE CURTAIN WINDOW..

. APPLICATION FILE'D JULY 15. 1918.

Patentgd Mar. 23, 1920.

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ll" ll llllll lllllil HERMAN A. WILLIAMS, 0% PALMS, CJLLIJEEDJELNIA, ASSIGNOR, W1 1" .lthllfl ltllililhllil ASfiIGNMENTFS, TU LEQNARD C. MYERS, 0F LUS ANGHELEQ, t'l.

Application filed duly i5,

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that l, lineman it. W mains, a citizen of the Unlted bltat-es, res1ding atPabns, in thecounty oi? lites Angeles and State of California. have invented oer-- tain. new and useful lln'iproveinents in Anto inobile Uurtain-l l indou s of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain windows, and particularly to that class of Windows which provide means for securing a plate of glass into a tlenible curtain of automoliiiles and capable of pro ducing a neat appearance and a Water tight oint arotnui the frame of the Window.

llt is an object ot the invention to produce a window construction having registering" frames which grip the fabric of the curtain in such a manner as to not Wrinkle or stretch the threacs of the said fabric out of their natural. position as the frames are drawn. together by screws or any suitable means commonly known in the art.

it is a further object to lorin the frame of the window preferably of two members, one nieniber being used on the inside of the curtain and the other nleinber being used on the outside of the curtain. The outside member having means for holding at pane of glass and the inside member adapted to register with the outside lne nber and fasten to the same, the fabric out the curtain being clamped between the two members forming a cushion for the saidglass whereby an the parts are securely held to-' gether and Without any danger of ln'ealring the glass from the jar of the car.

Another important object is to form grooves, depressions or indentations in the adjacent; tacos of the said members or rings of theft-ante, so related to one another that the gripping of the fabric between the said rings presses the surface thereof into the said indentations and holds it fast when the frame is set in. place in the curtain of the automobile.

In Window frames heretofore built where the tongue and groove and other systems have been employed to make the se iarablc members register, serious trouble has been experienced in getting the tongues to properly enter the grooves and at the same time stretch the fabric thcrearouml and mal ce. a neat appearance of the clntain. 'ihis trouble is entirely overcome in this frame as the of Fig. i.

'nping surfaces of the inner and outer 'lr the members :llat whereby the not nral lines ot the thrcods oi the fabric are unchanged but are lowed to enter the do pressions adjacent thereto and when the members tastened together and the fair ric depressed into t." Window is saately hel pressions do not chat edp 'e oi". the members. a tightjoint is termed arotnid the outer edge thercoi leaving the curtain smooth and unwrmhled.

lllith thee and other objects in View the invention comprises certain novel construe-- tions, combinations of parts as Will be here inatter more fully described andclainied:

in the accompanying drawing=- Figure 1, is an outside. elevation o'l. part of a curtain showing a window secured in. place With certain parts broken away Fig. 2. is a cross sectional VlBW through the curtain and window taken on line E k-Q 3, is a portion of an inner and outer ring, the outer ring broken away to show the indentations oi the inner ring ll ipg. t, is a portion oi" the two rings showing the indentations of the outer ring.

ig. 5, shows aring having a modified form oi indentations.

l'fiig. 6, shows a cross sectional View a modified torni ct frame.

7, is a. cross sectional view taken on the line of l 8.

Referring; more partumiarly to the drawing', the curtain 10' hits an outer ring or member 11 positioned thereon, which is provided with a rabbet 12 on the under side and running entirely around the member, Seated in the rabbet 153 is a plate of glass or transparent member having its edge l t in the same plane as the iiat surface 15 of the member 11, thus jiroducinp; a;iproniinately a con tinuous surface fonthe fabric 10 to lie against.

lllegistering with the men'ibcr ll on in an angle as shown by the drawing. The

outer rin indentations 19 being of one angle whi e those of the other ring being of an angle opposite thereto, as is plainly v shown by Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawing.

After the window is completely assembled von the curtain and the frames drawn tightly ture of the fabric is forced into the depres-' sions or indentations 19 and 20 whereby the together bythe screws, the fabric is gripped between the surfaces 15 and 17 and the strucportions of the curtain forced into said depressions cannot slip past the sharp edges thereof or get away from the rings and the edge 21 forms a water tight joint around the entire window while the curtain is smooth and unwrinkled.

The modified form shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing, is aring with grooves or indentations 22 which would be ample for use of s only one ring, whereby the forcing of the fabric into the indentations of a varied'design sor'nethingsimilar to that shown, would prevent the slipping of a curtain after the 7 two re 'sterin rings were fa. tened to ether.

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The modified form shown 1n Fi s. 6'and 7 of the drawings shows an outsi e ring 23 d with the usual rabbet 24 holding a. plate ofglass 25. The said ring 23 has indentations 26. Secd'redto the member 23 is a backing fiT- g ormember 27 which is preferably of wood. Lying between the two rings is an outside curtain 28. This curtain is gripped between the two ringsby forcing the screws '29 to their seats, thereby pressing the fabric into the indentations 26 and holding the w ndow permanently in place. The ring 27 has recesses 30 formed therein to receive lugs 31, the registering of these lugs with the recesses properly center the two rings so as to facilitate the assembling of the parts.

To cover the wooden ring an inside ourtain .32 is fastened thereto by any suitable means, as by tacks 33,:thus finishing the curtain on the inside of the car.

The form and depth of the indentations or grooves may be varied, also the configuration of the frames and the details of construction without departing in the least from the spirit and scope of the invention What is claimed is:

A window frame construction comprising registering members having adjacent fiat faces with grooves therein, a fabric curtain lying between said faces, the angle of the grooves of'one face being approximately at right angles to the angle of-the grooves of the other face and means for drawing said faces together for forcing the fabric into said grooves.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

\ HERMAN A. WILLIAMS. 

